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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURXAI, SUXDAY, J AX U ART 12, 1902. BRITAIN IN STRAITS KirLixG's stiuctikes seemingly justified iiv developments. No neponr to the Cnll for Volon tfrr to Relieve the HpRimrntM In South Africa. AMERICAN CAPITAL ABROAD sevehae KinorcAX caxals to be oi'ekatcd nv electricity. IlrltUh Cabinet to Take Definite Ac tion on the Vet Indian Suunr taestion To-MorroTv. LONDON, Jan. 11. The British War Of fice is confronted with a most serious con dition of affairs. Its call for volunteers to relieve the regiments at the front has so far met with absolutely no response, and has served to Intensify the wide spread in dignation existing among all the volun teer regiments. In the first place volunteers answering the call would only receive a shilling a day, while the yeomanry. In which many volunteers have already en listed, receive five shillings a day. The only solution for the deadlock appears to be for the War Office to introduce conscrip tion, or withdraw the new regulation regi ments. These have stirred up strife to an extent which has not existed for many a year between the government officials and the voluntary arm of the service, and ac cording to many office rn will bankrupt a majority of the regiments. According to the new rules, every regi ment muft go'into camp for one week each year, and the government grant will be re duced in proportion to the number of ab sentees from the camp. The volunteer com manders say it is impossible to get more than 40 per cent, of the men together the same week, so different are the occupations of the volunteers. In addition the War Of fice refuses to recognise drill which are not attended by a pen-entnge of men which ir has hitherto been found iuite impossible to attain, and Imposes battalion parades of such strength that there is no drill hall, or drill ground in London large enough to en able the battalions to maneuver. Among those who condemn the new regulations is Col. Eustace Ealfour. a brother of the Cabi net minister. A. J. JJalfour, who commands the London Scotti.-h. The matter will be brought before Parliament, and if the or der of the war secretary. Mr. lirodrick, is not amended, the volunteer force, so the colon! of one of the strongest Ixmdon nglments sflvs. will owindle to nothing. In the meanw.iile the War Office Is still wait ing anxiously for an answer to its call for Additional troops for service in South Africa. The Daily Telegraph Indorses the fiscal proposal published in the Times of yester tlay to the effect that Increased taxes upon tea and sugar might be Imposed, as well hs a tax of one penny a gallon on petro leum and one shilling a load on timber. nd that the fhilling duty on corn might be restored and that this latter might even be doubled. The Telegraph points out that the Imports of petroleum in 10A amounted to ,."0."m. gallons. The Daily Chronicle, representing strong free-trmle interests, while It refrains from committing itself to definite proposals for a reform in taxation, has great sympathy Tvitli the advocacy of Sir Robert Gilten, the FtAtirtician, of the. extension of indirect taxation so as to lighten the burden of in come of the taxpayer. CANALS TO II K "ELECTRIFIED." American tieniii und Money to Cilre Kurupr Something ev. LONDON, Jan. 11. One of the most im portant of American commercial enter prises in Europe has just culminated here. It consists in the securing of all-water routes for American cargoes of grain and other commodities from inland ports in the United States to Inland ports In Eu rope and embraces the purchase by Amer ican carital of several British and other canals. Frank W. Hawley, vice president of the Erie Canal Traction Company, has been on this side several months quietly secur ing concessions for the operation of Euro pean canals by electricity. The Erie con cern to-day secured control of about 5..K) miles of canals in England and on the con tinent. As a result, cargoes will shortly toe shipped on the same bill of lading from Duluth. Minn., to Krüssel?, DrupR?, Ghent and Cologne and later to many points in the United Kingdom. France, Germany and Italy. At the forthcoming session of Parliament the British legislators will be asked to prant permission for the erection of central power stations for the propul sion of traffic on at least two British canals. These will be operated with Amer ican capital, though their control will nom inally remain in British hands. Mr. Hawley said to-day: "Yes. it Is true that the traction company Is making con siderable headway In securing all-water routes by electrically operated canals throughout Europe. I cannot tell you yet the names of the English canals which will figure in Parliament. There are in the United Kingdom l.l.'lS miles of canals owned by railroads which do not make a very good financial showing, but 2.7nS miles of English canals independent of railroads show earnings of 7. per mile, which are greater than those shown by many Amer ican railroads. However, we have leen able to pet control of a portion of these. because their operation and maintenance expenses are over To per cent, of their fross receipts. The largest canals In Eng land, namely, the Birmingham. Grand Junction. Leeds & Liverpool. Oxford & lirldRewater. are not far removed from sources of electric power supply, at least, nothing like so far removed as is the canai at Oakland. Cal., where the power is trans mitted fron the Yuba river, a distance of 1) miles. Therefore it is merely a question of getting the necessary consent of Parlia ment for the conveyance of this electric energy before the Knglish canals will be eijual to the canals of America and Pel glum, where electrical energy has resulted In increased facilities with a correspond ing reduction in the cost of operation." WKST IX III A MtiAR QIKSTIOX. Counter nilinK Duty tt He Considered by the ItrltlMli Cabinet To-Mnrroir. LONDON. Jan. 11. There will bo a Cab inet mteting here Monday which bids fair to be most fateful in the history of the West Indies and may eventually affect the United States. Lord Salisbury and his col leagues will then decide whether Great Britain will put a countervailing duty on pugar. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain will submit a statement made up on the un impeachable evidence of the West Indian authorities that if this step is not taken the sugar industry in the West Indian islands will be dead within a year and the Wet Indies hopelessly bankrupt. The British delegates to the Brussels sugar conference will also report that thtre is no likelihood of the continental nations abol ishing bounties unless Great Britain de clares her intention of imposing counter vailing duties should the bounties be con tinued. The preliminary sessions of the Brussels ugar conference have convinced the British delegates that the continental powers only derdre to amend the bounty system, and that this H chiefly due to the .hope of placating their own consumers. The best informed opinion gathered by a reporter inclines to the b lief that the Cab inet will not consent to the imposition of countervailing duties for fear of raising a. storm of internal criticism from the old school of free-traders, who constitute a formidable win of the CnIonit party. The memorandum which .Mr. Chamberlain will present on Monday Is wordd more In the nature of an ultimatum than any hitherto presented to the government, and, wlille it does not openly threaten secession. that phase of the situation has been ver bally communicated by the colonial secre tary. It is almost needless to add that the decision of the Cabinet will be kept a pro found secret, at least until Jan. 1'). when the British delegates return to the Brussels sugar conference. It is said that Mr. Chamberlain realizes the gravity of the crisis and favors impos ing countervailing duties, but the personnel of the large Cabinet includes so many ut terly differing economic views that it Is doubtful whether Mr. Chamberlain will win the day. SMALLPOX SCAHK. London 3Ia lie In Quarantine When Klnit I'dnunl I Crowned. LONDON. Jan. 11. The manager of one of the largest transatlantic lines was asked by a representative of the Associated Press to-day if he expected an unusual number of Americans to be present in London at the time of the coronation of King Edward. He said: "No. Hy May I fear we shall have such a smallpox scare and epidemic that London will be in quarantine when King1 Edward is crowned." That this is by no means a pessimistic forecast, is evidenced by the fact that the line referred to began this week to have the crews of its ships vaccinated prior to leaving London for New York. 'Other lines are following its example, ftaring that any day the American authorities may place the shipping under an embargo on account of the increase of smallpox. The vaccination of the crew is only preliminary to the same operation In the case of passengers, the English shipping firms or agents having no desire to undergo the financial loss which would be involved by the detention of ves sels having on board unvaccinated passen gers or crews. In this respect the shipping interests are ahead of the United .States consulate, which, up to the present, has taken no steps to protect health at the home ports. On all sides in the United Kingdom ex tensive and alarming precautions are cn foot to deal with the unprecedented out break. The total of smallpox cases in London now only amounts to about 900, but the cases are so scattered that they I! I! .,. ,. '- v.. 4. .y v 11) imiy RICHARD Who Retired From the leadership of the Tammany Hall Organization on Saturday. create the greatest anxiety. M lical men point out that the danger lies not so much in the proportion to the population as in the proportion to the usual smallpox fig ure of the metropolis, which generally scarcely amount to a score per annum. London's laboratories are all phenomen ally busy in turning out lymph, thousands ot tutts of which are daily supplied, but even so the demand cannot be met. Al most all of the large firms are ordering their employes to be vaccinated. Corpora tions are appropriating sums for the erec tion of smallpox additions to the hospitals, while several steamers have been pur chased in London for the accommodation of the present and expected patients. Ex pert opinion prophesies that the epidemic v. Ill not reach its height until May. The effect of such a condition of things on the coronation. International business and English trade is almost incalculable. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. In steamship cir cles the opinion was freely expressed to day that the report from London regarding the fear of an epidemic of smallpox there during the coming spring and summer are exaggerated. So far as steamship crews are concerned, no apprehension is felt. Smallpox, it was said, is exceedingly rare among the saiiors of the transatlantic line?, because it is the regular custom to have all members of the crews vaccinated refore they are allowed to enter upon their duties on board the steamers. COlAi SCEKKHS QIAIIRKLED. Failure of the IIummo-American Min ing Enterprise. Correspondence of the Associated Press. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2S. A somewhat painful impression has been created in in terested circles by the dissensions which brought to an end the Russo-American gold-mininK enterprise 'on the Russian shore of Behring sea last year. The fol lowing account reaches the correspondent of the Associated Press from Russian sources: Von Larlorsky & Co., a, Russian concern, in which English and American capital Is interested, has a concession for gold mining embracing 3,000 versts of shore line for a. period of fifteen years. An ex ploration party, composed of American en gineers, f killed miners and Chinamen, was organized at San Francisco last year. It proceeded to Cape Nome, and from there to the Chuckchee peninsula, whence the Russian contingent was brought back tiy the Russian mail steamer Yakout. ThV Russians numbered thirty men. besides twenty cossacks. the representative of the company being Mr. IJogdanovich. The leaders of the Americans were Captain Janson, of the little steamer Samoa, which conveyed the American party to the sup posed golti fields and which was ued by the entire party as headquarters in coast work, no permanent settlement being made. Soon after the party landed dissensions broke out between the Americans and the Russians. Mr. Hoedanovlch accused the Americans of turning the aftair Into a farce for stock jobbing purposes and of hindering the Chinese laborers from work ing. One day, when the party was steam ing along the coast. Captain Janson head ed the Samoa to sea, and before the Rus sians fully realized what he was about, he was half-way to Cape Nome. Theie he told the authorities he was afraid the Russians would seize the vessel. They are said to have found the tory untrue, and have ordered Captain Janson to take the Russians back to the nearest port. He refused to do so. and an Amern an naval olhcer took possession of the Samoa and carried the Russians to Petropaulovsk. The American party returned to San Francisco direct from Cape Nome. Rulnn Pole ltoyrntting (.ermann. ST. rETERSIU'IUl. Jan. 11. A telegraph agency reports that in addition to boy cotting German goods, the Poles in Rus sia have gone so far as to hiss and utter cat-calls at Herman "artists," in conse quence of which th' Warsaw mulc halls have dismissed the (Jerman song and dance people and substituted French for the most part. A railroad paymaster, while riding on a locomotive, was murdered near Kharkoft and his body was burned in the iirebox. The engineer is charged with the murder, and with the robbery of 3.i) roubles which the paymaster had in his posses sion. The "Throttling of London. LONPoN. Jan. 11. The dock charges of the port of London, considered in the report of Mr. Choate, the I'niied States ambassa dor to (Jreat Rritaln. which was recently placed before t in I'nited States Senate, are still being exacted, and. according to the opinion expressed at the I'nited States consulate, there is small chance of their being brought to an end. Congressional action, it Is thought, will be of little avail because International retaliation could scarcely be brought home to the private corporation which is responsible for the imposition of the charges to which the American shippers object. Under the caption. "The Throttling of London." the Daily Mail has printed a series of articles this week exposing whit a helpless victim London is at the hands of the dock monopoly. The paper advo cates the handing over of the control of the port to a specifically constituted public body, declaring that, once London's life i3 allowed to course freely and the throttling hand of obsolete methods is removed, she will renew her glory and her youth. Ilhnr to American Speculator. LONDON, Jan. 11. The announcement that the coronation procession will avoid Begent street In favor of the Strand 13 said to have caused disappointment to a number of American speculators, who had secured options upon seats along the for-. Hier route. Sir HIIU Aftltmend-flartlett III. LONDON, Jan. 11. The condition of Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, M. P., following a serious operation last night, is now danger ous. He has been suffering from internal inflammation for some days past. f;old Output of the Rand. JOHANNESBURG. Jan. li.-The Cham ber of Mines has issued a report showing that the output of the mines for December was 52,S:7 ounces of fine gold, against C9.073 ounces for November. NOT YET SETTLED. Arbitration Dlfllcultr Still a none of Pan-American Contention. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 11. The arbitration difficulty in the Pan-American conference was not settled to-day. A meeting was held this afternoon, attended by Mr. Bu chanan of the United States, Pardo of Mexico, Alzamora of Peru and Bermejo of Argentina, at which It was expected that CROKER the question would be finally arranged. So much was this the case that Uermejo, of Argentina, took in his pocket a draft of the committee's report, whereby the com pulsory plan was to be Introduced into the conference, but Pardo. of Mexico, asked that a definite decision bo deferred until to-morrow morning, on the plea that he needed to consult further with the Mexican government. The Argentines and other friends of the compulsory plan are willing to wait a little longer, but if there is much further at tempt to stave them off and delay the matter they will take it as equivalent to a rejection of their plan and will depart from Mexico. Rnnquet nt Monterey. MONTEREY, Mex., Jan. 11. Everything is in readiness for the entertainment of the delegates to the Pan-American con ference who will visit this city about Jan. I'O. A big banquet will be given in honor of the delegates by the city of Monterey. Japanese Forced to Qnlt Work. SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. Twenty-six Japanese mechanics who have been work ing at the Union iron works, lilling the places of some of the American iron work ers who are on strike for a shorter work day, have been called out and have quit work. The Japanese were ordered out by the officers of the Japanese Association of America, an organization with which all the residents of that nationality are affili ated. This action was brought about through the efforts of the Iron Trades Council. Mayor AVells !Vot Guilty of Contempt. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 11. In the contempt pro ceedings against Mayor Wells, President Hawes and other members of the Roard of Police Commissioners growing out of the arrest of officials and employes of the Southern Telegraph and Money-order Com pany Judge Ryan said to-day that he could not see that the commissioners were guilty of violating the injunction. The court said the charge of violating the injunction should rest against Lieutenant Johnson and the officers who took part in the raid of Jan. 4. Minnesota Legislature Called. ST. PAUL. Jan. 11. Governor Van Sant to-night issued a formal call for an ex traordinary session of the State Legisla ture to assemble on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The call sets forth that the Tax Commission appointed at the last session to revise and codify the laws relative to taxation has completed its work, and its report is now ready for submission. The session is there fore called upon to consider this report and enact such tax laws as may be deemed best. Injunction Made Permanent. CHICAGO, Jan. 11. Judge Chetlain to day made permanent the temporary in junction granted last week in the case of Robert Tarrant against local lodges of the International Machinists Association and the union pickets who iave patrolled the streets near his shop. The injunc tion restrains the strikers from interfering with the workmen, but the jurist holds that worklngmen have the right to peacefully urge other men to leave their posts. v Steamer for TonriM. SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich.. Jan. 11. The Algoma Central steamship line has pur chased a large passenger steamer, which will be placed on the route between To ledo and Sault Ste. Marie. It has cabin accommodations for fnn) passengers, and can carry Iv tons of package freight. It is expected to have her make a trip from Toledo to the Soo twice a week, catering particularly to the Ohio tourist trade. it National nval It eserve. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. ll.-Secretary Long, of the Navy Department, has noti fied the Pennsylvania Nautical Scnool that hereafter graduates of the school snip Sara toga will be given preference for positions as quartermaster on United States col liers. The government proposes to make this collier service the nucleus of a new national naval reserve, which may be drawn upon In the event of war. Fireman Crushed to Denth. PITTSBURG. Jan. 11. A shifting engine on the Pitsburg Junction road was derailed to-night in the Soho district, and before warning could be given a Baltimore train struck it. throwing it over an embankment. The fireman of the shifter was crushed to death by his engine rolling on him. The stock train suffered only slight damage. Card Dispute End in Murder. PARIS. Ky.. Jan. 11. As the result of a dispute over a social game of euchre In the saloon of T. F. Rrannon. about 6 o'clock this evening. James V. Wright shot and killed Thomas Rufler. Roth were young farmers and good friends. . ft if , ' ' x Hit! i 1 if x- 1 WOODS MAY BE NAMED HIS ArPOFVTMEXT AS ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL IRGED. Member of the Senate and House in Fnvor of Promotion of the Indianapolis Man. THREE PUBLIC BUILDINGS FAVORABLE REPORT ON 3IUXCIE, ANDERSON AND IIA3IMOND DILLS. Nominations for Indiana Tostninster- hips Novr rending In the Senate Referred to Mr. Beveridcc Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. ll.-There Is little doubt expressed at the Capitol in relation to the outcome of the matter of appoint ment of an architect to succeed Mr. Clark. On both the Senate and the House side there is a general concurrence in the belief that Assistant Architect Woods, of Indian apolis, will be made architect, and already a great many senators and representatives have seen President Roosevelt and stated to him that they hope nothing will Inter fere with the appointment of Mr. Woods. The speaker of the House of Representa tives and very many other members of the House have seen the President within the last two or three days and expressed In very strong terms their wishes in regard to Mr. Woods's appointment. XXX Senator Fairbanks will submit favorable reports on Monday on three Indiana public buildings Muncie, $150.000; Anderson, $150, 000; Hammond. $123,000. These reports were authorized at Friday's meeting of the Sen ate committee on public buildings and grounds. It is understood the bills for Elkhart and Richmond will be taken up soon by the committee. xxx Lieut. G. S. Garber, of Madison, has been designated for examination for lieutenant in the army. He is a son of M. C. Garber, postmaster at Madison. He served with distinction in the Philippines. XXX Senator Beveridge has been asked by Chairman Mason, of the committee on postofTices and post roads, to take charge of all Indiana nominations for postmasters now pending in the Senate and report them to the full committee. Senator Beveridge was appointed a member of this committee in the reorganization of the Senate. RUSSIA'S REPLY INCiENIOUS. Snr-Rejoinder In the Case Growing Out of Seizure of Sealers. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. The State De partment has received a copy of the sur rejoinder of the Russian government to its last brief in the arbitration of the claims of American sealers growing out of the seizure of the vessels owned by them, amounting in value to about half a million dollars. In the waters of Asiatic Russia, The Russian brief, though extremely in genious. In view of the officials, is based en tirely upon a. plea, already contravened by the United States, namely, that the seizures by Russia were justified under the terms of the existing modus vivendi between the United States and Great Britain intended to protect the Behring sea seal fisheries. The Russian brief introduces considerable testimony bearing on that modus, but As sistant Secretary Pearce, for the United States, has made' the point that Russia, having declined to accept an invitation to jcin in the modus, is thereby debarred from its benefits at this time. The last plea Is not expeeted to have much effect upon the mind of Dr. Asser, the distinguished Dutch publicist, who is serving as the sole arbi trator in this ease. The United States will make no response to the Russian brief and the case will he iegarded as closed unless the arbitrator desiring special information on some points, calls for a further presentation, lie Is al lowed six months to render his decision in the case. NAVAL EXPERIMENTAL PLANT. nill ProvitlinK for Construction "of a BullcIInK nt Annapolis, WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. At the instance of the Navy Department Senator Hale has introduced in the Senate a bill intended to carry out a long-cherished plan of the naval engineers, and especially of Engl- neer-in-Chief Melville, to provide the navy an experimental plant of the first class, somewhat on the lines of the magnificent German naval experimental plant at Char lottenburg, which has been of such benefit to the German navy. The bill provides an appropriation of $100,0X for the construc tion of a building at the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, and its equipment, to deal with engineering problems of value and in terest to the navy which cannot be properly left to private enterprise to solve. Much pressure has been brought to b'.ar on the Navy Department by the great manufac turing interests throughout the country and also by the scientific colleges and ship builders to have the navy undertake this important work. Admiral Melville pointed out important military reasons .that make it desirable that the government should not be obliged to rely on outside experimenters for this work. Besides being a benefit to the navy proper, the proposed plant, it is said, will be of immense service in solving problems of the greatest importance to manufacturing interests and in stimulating the inventive genius of the navy. Date of MoKJnley Memorial Jleetinpr. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The joint com mittee of the Senate and the House of Rep resentatives appeared to make arrange ments for a memorial meeting in honor of President McKinley, at which Sec rttary Hay is to deliver an ad dress, decided to-day that the pro posed meeting should be held in the hall of the House of Representativs at noon Feb. 27. The decision was reached at a meeting of the committee held in the Marble room of the Senate, at which Sena tor Foraker presided. President Fairbanks gave an account of the subcommittee's call upon and invitation to Secretary Hay to deliver the memorial oration, and of his acceptance. He also stated that the secre tary had said that any date between Feb. 22 and March 1 would be satisfactory to him. The chairman was authorized to ap point an executive committee of eleven to arrange the details of the ceremony and a committee of seven on publication of the proceedings. Desertion from the Dolphin. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. The United States dispatch boat Dolphin sailed from here to-day for Porto Rico. She will make deep sea soundings on the way, will do survey duty in Porto Rico waters, and probably will return here in April. The de parture of the vessel was delayed by the disappearance of Joseph Townsend, Wil liam A. Miller and Magnus Nielson. ordi nary sailors, the first of whom had been recently court-martialed for resisting and whose sentence was in abeyance. The men had not been apprehended when the vessel sailed. Lieutenant Commander Gleaves. who commands the Dolphin, says the men had no grievance, and he does not un understand why they left the vessel. Nuvnl OOlcer nt the White llnue. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Admiral Taylor, who Is to succeed Admiral Crowninshield as chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and Captain Clark, who commanded the battle ship Oregon during the Spanish war, had a lon conference with President Roosevelt to-day and afterward lunched with him. The conference took place In the Cabinet room and during Its progress the President denied himself to other callers. Subsequent ly the two naval officers, who, it was learned, had been sent for by the President, declined to make public the subject of the consultation, which It was believed had a bearing upon the Schley case. Hawaiian Prlnee nnd Prlneess. WASHINGTON. Jan. ll.-Prince and Princess David Kawananakoa and Samuel Parker and wife, of Honolulu, Hawaii, arrived In Washington to-day. The prince and Mr. Parker will call on President Roosevelt on Monday to talk over Ha waiian affairs, especially the administra tion of Governor Dole, with which they say there is some dissatisfaction In the terri tory. It is understood Mr. Parker is being urged as Governor Dole's successor. Quny Calls on the President. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, who has Just returned from Florida, where he went for the bene fit of his health, called upon the President to-day. He said that his health was much improved and denied he contemplated im mediate retirement from the Senate. "I shall serve cut my term," said he. Nntlonnl Capital Notes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. M. Jules Cam bon, the French ambasador, to-day pre sented to the President two distinguished Frenchmen, M. Lazone Weiler and M. Maurice de Lagotellerie. The former is a member of the Foreign Commerce Coun cil of France. They were received In the library of the White House. Speaker Henderson called at the White House to-day and talked with the Presi dent generally about legislative matters. Edward S. Hosmler, of the Joplin (Mo.) News-Herald, called on the President tfy appointment to-day. Representatives Brownlow and Gibson, of Tennessee, to-day introduced to the Presi dent ex-Representative John E. McCail, the newly-appointed collector of Internal revenue for the Fifth Tennessee district. An increase of almost 192 per cent, of the capital invested in the turpentine and rosin industry and of 152 per cent, of the value in the products therefrom is shown in the census report issued to-day on the manufacture of those products in the United States. The report shows a total of capital of $11.847.415 invested In the 1.503 establishments reporting for the country. The Navy Department has selected Chief Engineer David P. Jones, retired, to take charge of a number of branches of the de partment's exhibit at the Louisiana Pur chase Exposition. The Postoffice Department has been ad vised that the entire mail carried by the Norfolk & Western train wrecked near Glenalum, W. Va., early Tuesday morning was destroyed by f.re that followed the wreck. The mail was from points west and destined principally to postoffices in Vir ginia and West Virginia. MR. PAYNE'S APPOINTMENT. Home View of the New Member of the President's Cabinet. Milwaukee Sentinel. Dispatches from Washington state that Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith has resigned from the Cabinet and that President Roosevelt has tendered the port folio to Henry C. Payne, of this city, who has accepted the appointment. This news does not come as a complete surprise to Mr. Payne's Milwaukee friends, as it has been currently reported for some days that a change of this character had been deter mined upon and would be made at any early date. The appointment of Mr. Payne to a Cabinet position, and to the one which he is especially qualified to fill, will meet with the approval of Republicans in all parts of the country. While his services to the party and the Nation as a national com mitteeman during four administrations, as a member of the executive committee of that body for ten years, and as vice chair man of the committee during two national campaigns, have entitled him to recogni tion, these considerations alone did not in fluence his selection. The opportunities of fered by his connection with the committee to develop his gift as an organizer were made the most of by Mr. Payne, and the efttcient manner in which he directed the business of the national organization in the field assigned to him was a demonstration of his executive ability and 'of his fitness for a position in the official family of the President. As a Cabinet officer Mr. Payne will bring to the aid of the President an experience in practical life that cannot fail to be of value. Since he became a member of the national committee his labors in the politi cal world have been mainly in the larger field, and he has thus acquired thorough knowledge of the many and sometimes conflicting interests of the different sections of the country. Interested, as he has been, in many business enterprises, he is also conversant with the situation in the indus trial world and well equipped to co-operate with other members of the Cabinet in ad vising the President on subjects of great national moment. To the administration of the affairs of the Postoffice Department, which will be his first and chief care, Mr. Payne will bring a trained mind, exceptional ability as an organizer, and a familiarity with the details of the department that will as sure an improvement of the service along original lines, as well as after plans blocked out by his predecessors. His inter est in the postal service was awakened during his term as postmaster in Milwau kee under the administrations of Presidents Hayes and Arthur. That interest has never flagged, and he is probably as well equipped to-day to take up the business of the department and carry it forward as any man in the country, not excepting those who have served terms as head of the department. His appointment is one that will meet with hearty approval in Mil waukee, where Mr. Payne is best known, not only from his large circle of personal friends, but from ail who appreciate his strength of character and his eminent fit ness for the position. Convicted of l!int)PX7.1enirnt. CONCORDIA, Kan., Jan. ll.-A. E. Pat terson, ex-city treasurer of Clyde, was found guilty to-day in the District Court of embezzling $3,0io of the city's money. The money was collected from the Clyde "joints" as license payments and turned over to Patterson as treasurer. He con tended that the city received the money il legally and could not therefore hold him accountable for it. r mrHL How many a woman dates a life of chronic invalidism from baby's birth. She tries "different doctors and different medicines" with lit tle benefit. Then, fortunately her at tention is called to the remarkable cures resulting from the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion, and she eives the medicine a trial. Her experience is that of ninety-eight women out of every hundred who use Favorite Prescrip tion " for womanly ills ßhe is cured. yorite prescription is peculiarly a mother's medicine. Its use before ma ternity makes the baby's advent prac tically painless. It eives the mother strength to nurse iter child. It cures diseases peculiar to women and cures them permanently. There is no alcohol, opium, cocaine or any other narcotic in Favorite Prescrip tion." It is purely a vegetable prepara tion and cannot disagree with the weak est constitution. Mrs. Kmerson Allen, of Dorset. Ontario Co., OnL, writes : "I can truly wv that I think Dr. Pierce's medicines the best I have ever used. I was in very poor health for a longtime, dating from the birth of my little girl. I tried diiTerent doctors and different medicines. I derived very much more benefit from your medicines than from any other I have ever used. I took four bottles of 'Favorite Prescription' and three bottles of 'Golden Medical Ii-covcrv.' and I ilways keep the ' Pellets ' in the hou.se Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, paper hound, is sent free on receipt ol 21 one-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y. Mi l Ä ES V&e&'Tl Am m Oo Wo Williams SS"ÄÄ? PIANO TRADE IN INDIANAPOLIS This, as the following explanation shows. Is of (ill K AT INTEUESTTO PIANO BUY ERS. My plan of selling pianos direct from factory tothe retail purchaser during the past three years has been so successful that I have decided to discontinue retailing piano In Indianapolis anJ confine my efforts to the Jobbing of piano to dealers, teacher and those entitled to wholesale prices. TOUR different large factories have arranged t make my PIANO rooms a distributing point fr heir pianos at wholesale fr Indiana. Krntucky and part of Ohio, and In order to make room for this change I will fell at cost ALI of my large stock of I'lANuS, consisting f NINETY-TÜREE Weber, Ivers and PonJ, A. U. Chase, Sterling, Schaeffcr and Baumeister Pianos. As above stated, these will be old at ACTUAI, COST with expenses ADDED. AO fire, removal, clearance or any other kind of ale prior to this one has offered such prices as I will. I cannot ray commission or take old Instrument! at fancy prices .n exchange. I will not sell any of these Pianos to competitive dealers. REMEMBER These are all new pianos and fully warranted by the factory. SAItE began Mou lay. JANUARY 6th. If you cannot call, write for ?neelal de scription of any make of Piano in which T 4 1.. ...Xf-A v v . at 1 iuc eruici 01 mose wno nave viuea our special Raie, mat never ieiore were such bargains In pianos ofiered In this city. O.W.WILLIAMS 118 MONUMENT PLACE PAIN IN THE BACK? A TRIAL BOTTLE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST KIDNEY CURE SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE TO EVERY READER OF THE JOURNAL WHO SUFFERS FROAl KIDNEY. LIVER, BLADDhR OR BLOOD DISEASE, OR WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AMONG WOMEN AS FEMALE WEAKNESS." IT 15 YOUR KIDNEYS! THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN HAVE KIDNEY DISEASE AND DO NOT KNOW IT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. THIS SIMPLE TEST WILL TELL: Put some morning urine in a glass or bottle; let it stand for twenty-four hours. If then it is milky or clcudy or contains a reddish brick-dust sediment, or if particles or germs float about in it, vour kidneys arc diseased This is the supreme moment when you should begin to take Warner's Safe Cure to arrest all these unnatural conditions, for they are the unmistakable symptoms of kidney disease. If, after you have made this test, yon have any doubt in your mind as to the development of "the disease in your system, send us a sample of your urine, and our doctors will analyze it and sead you a report with advice, free. WARNER'S SAFE CURE Dr. Leo Vogel, 1123 Pratt Ave., Rogers Park. 111., says: "I prescribe WARNER'S SAFE CURE and find it cures all case's of kidney and bladder troubles and also female weakness; it induces sleep, and gently yet vigorously drives the disease out of the system, thus restoring health quickly and per manently'." Miss Mary Ronark, 33 Thomas Ave. Memphis, Tenn., Vice President of the Women's League, writes: ''WARNER'S SAFE CURE has cured me ot rneumatism wlucli came irom uric acid NISR'S SAFE CURE. - t-v tri T-:rf- r a t- ' iur. oeorgc uessum, 10t rniu ou, Ohio, Major of the Christian Volunteers, says: "I had gravel and inflammation of the urinary organs, caused by exposure in conducting outdoor meetings. I found no relief until I took WARNER'S SAFE CURE It has absolutely cured me. May God bless you for sending such relief to suffering humanity. Are you tired? Low-spirited? Weak and flabby? Have you a constant drubbing ache in the small of your back? Have you chill?? Scalding and pain Are you troubled with sleeplessness? CURES KIDNEYS headache? Is your appetite bad? Do you find your lood does not nourish your body and make your blood rich and rtd? Have vou a bad taste in vour mouth in the morning? If you have any of theie symptoms your kidne3rs have been diseased for a long time, for kidney diseases seldom put out such symptoms until they have been working several months and the tissues have been eaten away with the disease. You have every reason to be alarmed, and you should take Warner's Safe Cure at once. You will find full directions with each bottle. Warner's Safe Cure is guaranteed to cure any form of kidney trouble, Bright's disease, diabetes, uric acid poison, inflammation of the bladder, rheumatic gout, liver complaint, female weakness and irregular periods (female weakness and irregular periods are caused by kidnev disease neglected), too frequent desire to urinate, gravel, stones in the bladder, blood disease, indigestion and headaches. All these diseases originate in the kidneys. If the kidneys were healthy and strong, so that they can perform their work properly, there would be none of these complaints. WARNER'S SAFE CURE is purely vegetable and contains no harmful drugs; it does not constipate; it is now put up iu two regular sizes and is sold by all druggists, or direct, at 50 Cents and $1.00 a Bottle. Less Than One Cent a Dos. Refuse substitutes. There is none "just as good as" Warner's. Insist on tho genuine Warucr's Safe Cure, which always cures. Substitutes contain harmful drugs which injure the system. TRIAL BOTTLE FREE. To convince every sufferer from diseases of the kidney, liver, bladder and blood that Warner's Safe Cure will cure theni a trial bottle will be sent absolutely free to any one who will write Warner Safe Cure Co., Rochester, N. Y., and mention having seen this liberal offer in The Journal. The genuineness of this offer is fully guaranteed h? the publisher. Our doctor will send medical booklet, containing symptoms and treat ment of each disease, and many convincing testimonials, free, to any one who will write. Come to ihe Store Occasionally Don't do all your buying by tele phone. We like to see our custom ers here. This is a pleasant place to shop the store is nice and clean, goods are fine and attractively ar ranged aud lots of willing workers to wait upon you. You'll go away, glad you t have such a good store 1 at which to trade J; a m Ask your neighbor sac s been here. H ö The N. A. MOORE CO. M GKOCICWS 1A n,l ir4 North Illinois Street M Ihonea 802 f the new ideas in fine j e weir y are here; highest quality is here; lowest prices; you should be here. Cf r AQT diamond L" ivJl, MliRLIIANT, 15 NORTH ILLINOIS ST. Across from m WAS ih B;itrs. J you are Interested. g 1 ... a a . Wm poison. 1 VAJY ; s imcinnau, FsA M Have you ill j A CONTENTED WOMAN Is the weman who ha a good piano, as a rule. The piano is the woman's companion while the husband is at business. Buy a piano for your wife and yourself. Don't say you can't afford it. . You can't af ford to get along without it. Any industrious man can afford to buy a piano on our easy terms. laJlaoa's Largest Ma ilc Hois. 128 and tzo N. PennBv1vnl Rt. SEE SOME OF THE NEW EFFECTS 18-aa N. MERIDIAN ST. We are members of the Merchants Association. LARGEST BUSINESS LARGEST ASSORTMENT LOWEST PRICES . . . Goo. J. Lzitrott) 2(1 und '2S II. WttahliiKtoij St. Wli ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR GARLAND STOVES and RANGES Äv-CASlI OR PAYMENT.-. C KOIIIWIXG V HRO. 87S, 8S0.8S Virginia At?. Tel. 8a. FINE VEHICLES The H. T. Conde Implement Co. West WasHinc'ton St. OPPOSITE STATE llol'sE. Snnday Journal, bj Mai!, 52 Ter Year, Wall Paper